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1997

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Postmodernism And Totalitarianism: Freedom Not To Be Free, Ibpp Editor Dec 1997

Postmodernism And Totalitarianism: Freedom Not To Be Free, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes how postmodern psychologies may lead to very modern consequences.

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Trends. International Trade And The Subversion Of Justice: Japan, The European Union, And Iraq, Ibpp Editor Dec 1997

Trends. International Trade And The Subversion Of Justice: Japan, The European Union, And Iraq, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the moral philosophy, the psychology of moral judgment, and treatises on law often suggest that justice subsumes some combination of behavioral and intentional accountability and equity.

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When The "Soft" Sciences Become Hard: The Safety Of Canadian Nuclear Reactors, Ibpp Editor Dec 1997

When The "Soft" Sciences Become Hard: The Safety Of Canadian Nuclear Reactors, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the ins-and-outs of the safety of Canadian nuclear reactors.

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Trends. Human Rights And Mental Health: What Happens When The Right Are Wrong?, Ibpp Editor Nov 1997

Trends. Human Rights And Mental Health: What Happens When The Right Are Wrong?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

In this analysis the author discusses the moral and ethical criteria of those who seek to prevent human rights violations.

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Trends. Dead Souls: Comment On The Luxor Murders, Ibpp Editor Nov 1997

Trends. Dead Souls: Comment On The Luxor Murders, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

In this analysis, the author discusses an act of terrorism that occurred in Luxor Egypt, with a significant part of the research being done by Steven Cornell.

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The Ontological Argument For Colombian Narcoguerrillas In United States (Us) Anti-Drug Programs, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

The Ontological Argument For Colombian Narcoguerrillas In United States (Us) Anti-Drug Programs, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some conceptual fallacies in US anti-drug programs towards Colombia.

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Amnesty For Amnesty: Towards An International Criminal Court, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Amnesty For Amnesty: Towards An International Criminal Court, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This paper articulates some of the psychological and philosophical Issues underlying political conflict on the question of amnesty.

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Some Truth About Truth Commissions Ii, Ibpp Editor Sep 1997

Some Truth About Truth Commissions Ii, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

In "Some Truth about Truth Commissions," 1(12), 1-3, IBPP described some of the main purposes and consequences of political truth commissions. In the present article, IBPP describes some of the problems inherent in discharging one potential responsibility of such commissions--managing the disposition of secret files developed by a previous government on the citizens that government allegedly represented.

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From Whence Evil? Shakespeare As Political Psychologist, Ibpp Editor Sep 1997

From Whence Evil? Shakespeare As Political Psychologist, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This paper identifies a passage from Shakespeare's Hamlet that is germane to the question of the source of political evil.

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Security, Lying, And The Strategic-Moral Calculus, Ibpp Editor Jul 1997

Security, Lying, And The Strategic-Moral Calculus, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article elaborates on truth and falsehood as both developmental psychological and political phenomena.

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Theory And Practice In The Career Of Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Part Iii, Ibpp Editor Jul 1997

Theory And Practice In The Career Of Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Part Iii, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This is the third and final installment of an article which provides an analysis of an individual accomplished as a scholar of politics (through sociology) and a formal politician. The author is Dr. Ted Goertzel of Rutgers University. He can be reached at goertzel@crab.rutgers.edu.

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The Political Psychology Of Virtual Reality: Scandinavian Trail Blazing, Ibpp Editor Jul 1997

The Political Psychology Of Virtual Reality: Scandinavian Trail Blazing, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies some research opportunities concerning the political psychology of virtual reality.

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The "As Ifs" Of Political Psychology, Ibpp Editor Jul 1997

The "As Ifs" Of Political Psychology, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This paper describes different concepts of "as if" that are basic to political psychology for descriptive and inferential analysis.

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Theory And Practice In The Career Of Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Part Ii, Ibpp Editor Jul 1997

Theory And Practice In The Career Of Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Part Ii, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This is the second installment of an analysis of a man who was both a scholar of politics and the political leader of his country. (See IBPP, Vol. 2, No. 10.) The article was written by Dr. Ted Goertzel of Rutgers University. Dr. Goertzel can be reached at goertzel@crab.rutgers.edu.

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Theory And Practice In The Career Of Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Part I, Ibpp Editor Jul 1997

Theory And Practice In The Career Of Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Part I, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

Political psychologists often contemplate the significance of their research--theoretical, empirical--for the practice of politics. Too often, seemingly valuable research is ignored, discounted, misperceived, and misapplied by political practitioners. Yet occasionally researchers practice politics as well--not just the politics of everyday life--but the formal politics of local, regional, national, and international entities. In the United States, Woodrow Wilson, Eugene McCarthy, and even Newt Gingrich come immediately to mind. What will be the interaction of research and practice when both are developed and implemented by the same individual? Dr. Ted Goertzel of Rutgers University has written the following article concerning another researcher-practitioner--Fernando …

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The Past From The Present: Comments On The Social Construction Of Machiavellianism, Ibpp Editor Jul 1997

The Past From The Present: Comments On The Social Construction Of Machiavellianism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article presents different meanings of the term Machiavellianism and posits a mechanism of social construction to explain these differences.

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John Bassett Moore, Robert Lansing, And The Shandong Question, Stephen Craft May 1997

John Bassett Moore, Robert Lansing, And The Shandong Question, Stephen Craft

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In the early twentieth century, two famous American international lawyers had a China connection that was either unknown or has long since been forgotten by scholars. One of those lawyers was John Bassett Moore, adviser to the Chinese legation in the United States as well as to the Chinese delegates to the Paris Peace Conference and the League of Nations. In 1921, Robert Lansing succeeded Moore as counselor to China's Washington legation, and he also proffered his own ideas to the Chinese delegation at the Washington Disarmament Conference. Moore's and Lansing's advice to the Chinese reveals not only their profound …

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To Stay Or To Go: Social Identity And Self-Categorization Theories, Ibpp Editor Apr 1997

To Stay Or To Go: Social Identity And Self-Categorization Theories, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some psychological factors affecting whether members remain in a cult or leave.

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Entering The Cult: The Role Of Personality And Self-Peer Agreement, Ibpp Editor Apr 1997

Entering The Cult: The Role Of Personality And Self-Peer Agreement, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This paper describes a psychological factor which may make it more likely that people voluntarily enter cults. The same factor may be used by cult solicitors and gate keepers to create "voluntary entry."

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Controlling Control In The Cult: Big Brother, Little Brothers, And "Turning In", Ibpp Editor Apr 1997

Controlling Control In The Cult: Big Brother, Little Brothers, And "Turning In", Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

A previous article (IBPP, Vol. 1, No. 9, "The Psychology of Controlling Control") described the psychological challenges that must be surmounted by political leaders desiring to control others. The present article describes psychological phenomena w

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Heaven's Gate: Gateway To The Soul, Ibpp Editor Apr 1997

Heaven's Gate: Gateway To The Soul, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the cult Heaven's Gate and the mass suicide of its members.

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A History Of Learning From History, Ibpp Editor Jan 1997

A History Of Learning From History, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The editor discusses the concept of history, and what we can learn from it.

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Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: Psychological Freedom Or Escape From Freedom?, Ibpp Editor Jan 1997

Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: Psychological Freedom Or Escape From Freedom?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the aspects of efforts to abolish nuclear weapons.

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Ebonics: The Political Process Through A Glass Darkly, Ibpp Editor Jan 1997

Ebonics: The Political Process Through A Glass Darkly, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the ebonics (black English) controversy.

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Love Without Laziness: Eudaimonia, Medieval Understandings Of Acedia (Sloth), And Dante's Purgatorio Xvii-Xix, David Keck Jan 1997

Love Without Laziness: Eudaimonia, Medieval Understandings Of Acedia (Sloth), And Dante's Purgatorio Xvii-Xix, David Keck

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A discussion of a person's delight in performing virtuous activities.

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Book Review: Barbara Maria Stafford: Good Looking: Essays On The Virtue Of Images, David Keck Jan 1997

Book Review: Barbara Maria Stafford: Good Looking: Essays On The Virtue Of Images, David Keck

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This is Rev. Keck's review of the book, Good Looking: Essays on the Virtue of Images, written by Barbara Stafford, and published by MIT Press, 1996. 259 p.

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Book Review: Stanley M. Burgess: The Holy Spirit: Medieval Roman Catholic And Reformation Traditions (Sixth-Sixteenth Centuries), David Keck Jan 1997

Book Review: Stanley M. Burgess: The Holy Spirit: Medieval Roman Catholic And Reformation Traditions (Sixth-Sixteenth Centuries), David Keck

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This is Rev. Keck's review of the book, The Holy Spirit: Medieval Roman Catholic and Reformation Traditions (Sixth-Sixteenth Centuries), written by Stanley Burgess, Hendrickson Publishers, 1997.

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